| Pos | St | # | Driver | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Led |
|---|
| 1 | 12 | 22 |  Bobby Allison | Miller High Life (DiGard) | Buick | 50 | 20200 | running | – |
| 2 | 5 | 33 | Harry Gant | Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham) | Buick | 50 | 12000 | running | – |
| 9 | 7 | 47 | Ron Bouchard | Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe) | Buick | 50 | 3250 | running | – |
| 22 | 29 | 0 | Delma Cowart | Heyward Grooms Contruction (H.L. Waters) | Buick | 41 | 1550 | – | – |
| 28 | 30 | 54 | David Simko | Mound Steel & Supply (Elmer Simko) | Buick | 19 | 1100 | – | – |
| 30 | 35 | 34 | Jim Hurlbert | University of Illinois Fighting Illini (Jim Hurlbert) | Buick | 16 | 1000 | engine | – |
| 34 | 20 | 2 | Tom Sneva | Simoniz (Robert Harrington) | Buick | 5 | | crash | – |
| 3 | 1 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Piedmont Airlines (Billy Hagan) | Chevrolet | 50 | 8000 | running | – |
| 4 | 2 | 55 | Benny Parsons | Copenhagen (Johnny Hayes) | Chevrolet | 50 | 4850 | running | – |
| 8 | 25 | 1 | Lake Speed | Bull Frog Knits (Hoss Ellington) | Chevrolet | 50 | 3350 | running | – |
| 10 | 14 | 51 | Greg Sacks | Native Tan (Arnie Sacks) | Chevrolet | 50 | 3150 | running | – |
| 11 | 27 | 8 | Bobby Hillin, Jr. | Trap Rock Industries (Stavola Brothers) | Chevrolet | 50 | 2650 | running | – |
| 12 | 16 | 4 | Lennie Pond | Jim Testa Chevrolet (Larry McClure) | Chevrolet | 50 | 2550 | running | – |
| 13 | 3 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Budweiser (Junior Johnson) | Chevrolet | 50 | 2450 | running | – |
| 17 | 11 | 10 | Sterling Marlin | Kings Inn (Roger Hamby) | Chevrolet | 49 | 2050 | running | – |
| 19 | 24 | 50 | Jim Southard | Southard Realty (Jim Southard) | Chevrolet | 48 | 1850 | running | – |
| 20 | 34 | 53 | Donny Paul | Paul Brothers (Donny Paul) | Chevrolet | 48 | 1750 | running | – |
| 21 | 36 | 25 |  Jerry Churchill | Marine Corps (Jerry Churchill) | Chevrolet | 48 | 1650 | running | – |
| 23 | 18 | 17 | Clark Dwyer | Hesco Exhaust Systems (Roger Hamby) | Chevrolet | 39 | 1450 | – | – |
| 25 | 22 | 18 | Joe Booher | Booher Farms (Leon Satterfield) | Chevrolet | 30 | 1250 | – | – |
| 27 | 4 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler Jeans (Richard Childress) | Chevrolet | 21 | 1150 | – | – |
| 29 | 32 | 20 | Rick Newsom | Tucker Racing (Rick Newsom) | Chevrolet | 17 | 1050 | engine | – |
| 31 | 28 | 07 | Randy LaJoie | Snellman Construction (Bob Johnson) | Chevrolet | 8 | | crash | – |
| 36 | 9 | 29 | Grant Adcox | Adcox Chevrolet (Herb Adcox) | Chevrolet | 0 | | engine | – |
| 14 | 26 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Jim Peacock Dodge (Buddy Arrington) | Chrysler | 50 | 2350 | running | – |
| 6 | 6 | 90 | Dick Brooks | Chameleon Sunglasses (Junie Donlavey) | Ford | 50 | 3550 | running | – |
| 7 | 17 | 15 | Ricky Rudd | Wrangler Jeans (Bud Moore) | Ford | 50 | 3450 | running | – |
| 15 | 13 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley) | Ford | 49 | 2250 | running | – |
| 18 | 23 | 82 | Mark Stahl | Auto Bell Car Wash (Mark Stahl) | Ford | 49 | 1950 | running | – |
| 24 | 33 | 39 | Blackie Wangerin | Don's Garage (Blackie Wangerin) | Ford | 39 | 1350 | – | – |
| 32 | 15 | 71 | Mike Alexander | Action Vans (Dave Marcis) | Oldsmobile | 7 | | engine | – |
| 35 | 21 | 23 | Elliott Forbes-Robinson | Bahre Racing (Dick Bahre) | Oldsmobile | 5 | | crash | – |
| 5 | 10 | 27 | Tim Richmond | Old Milwaukee (Raymond Beadle) | Pontiac | 50 | 3650 | running | – |
| 16 | 31 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Wilder's / Rumple Furniture (J.D. McDuffie) | Pontiac | 49 | 2150 | running | – |
| 26 | 8 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP (Mike Curb) | Pontiac | 23 | 1200 | engine | – |
| 33 | 19 | 37 | Connie Saylor | Lain Racing (Chip Lain) | Pontiac | 5 | | engine | – |
